Transcript CHINA`S GEGRAPHY

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1. China’s sorrow
2. First capital of China
3. T/F There is a
Chinese alphabet
4. Led a rebellion
against the Shang
5. Important trade item
for the Zhou
6. Rose up against the
Zhou king and won
A.
B.
C.
D.
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F.
G.
H.
I.
J.
Anyang
Pictographs
Chan Jiang
Huang He
Wu Wang
Shang Jiang
pottery
Qin
Silk
Bureaucracy
Early China
We are learning how the
Chinese civilization was shaped
by geography such as
mountains and large rivers.
CHINA’S GEOGRAPHY
Rivers:
- Huang He/Yellow
- Chang Jiang/Yangtze
and
Majority of land is mountains
deserts (only 1/10th of its land can be
farmed )
Mountain Ranges
- Himalaya
- Kunlun Shan
- Tian Shan
Middle Kingdom- Chinese people
thought their kingdom was the center
of the world.
Desert and mtns were “walls”
around China
- Gobi
- Taklimakan
SHANG DYNASTY
• Huang He valley – first center of Chinese
civilization.
– Xia Dynasty – China’s first rulers (little is known
about this dynasty)
• Dynasty- line of rulers who belong to the same
family
– Anyang – city in northern China built by
Shang
the
Oracle Bones
• Shoulder bone of
an ox
• Priest would
scratch questions
for a person’s
ancestors
• Bone heated
• Priest interpret
cracks
ZHOU DYNASTY
• Wu Wang- aristocrat led a rebellion
against the Shang
– Zhou dynasty – ruled for more than 800
years
– Bureaucracy – group of appointed members
of the government (not voted on by public)
Mandate of Heaven
The Mandate of Heaven is based on four principles:
1. The right to rule is granted by Heaven.
2. There is only one Heaven therefore there can be only one ruler.
3. The right to rule is based on the virtue of the ruler.
4. The right to rule is not limited to one dynasty.
NEW TOOLS AND TRADE
• Chinese developed irrigation and flood
control systems.
– Iron plows – helped to break the land up
better than wooden plows
– Chinese silk – very expensive and important
export of China.
– Chinese silk was traded as far away as
Greece.
ZHOU FALLS
• “Period of Warring States” – all most 200
years of civil war.
– Qin – 221 B.C. the ruler of one of the warring
states (Qin) defeated all the other states and
set up a new dynasty.
7-1 REVIEW
1. China’s Sorrow is the _______ ___ River.
2. China’s first capital was the city of ________.
3. People of Shang China had a __________
religion.
4. The Zhou dynasty ruled for over ______ years
5. The _________ __ ________ was heavenly law
that gave the Zhou king the power to rule
6. 3 inventions that improved warfare were the
____________ and the _________ and _______.